River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-11-10
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
FROM WASHINGTON.


TIE publ debt Statement for October Is
as follows; Total debt Including INTEREST,"
81, 675. O76,715: less cash items ayaiia De
for reduction OF debt and reserve bills for
redemption Of United States notes 1919
625. 3OSl. 81 .295, ISL. 4O6; cash in treasury.
SD, 75S. 7uf; debt, less amount N tire .sury,
81. OBS 500. 70I. Decrease during October,
SIG. $50. 695
II was decided by the first Comptroller Of
the Treasury on the LIST that clerks in the
frs. and secOnd-class post-Offices were not
entitled 10 * "a compensation for deliver
ing specii.l-deilveTy letters He held that
such extra compensation could only be paid
IN thir and fOUrth-elass offices
TIL United ates Supreme Court decision
upon the position Tor a wit of error in the
Csc Of the Chicago Anarchists was an
noun, ed on the forenoon OF the I'd by
Chief Justice Waite in a long and carefully
preuared opin on which occupied thirty
I've minutes in the reading, and which
closed as follows: We are Of the opinion
that no f deral question has been presented
warranting the Interference of this court,
md therefore we deny the writ" An ap-
peal TO Governor Ogiesby Is the only re-
coufse now left o the condemned men.
* his annual port received on the "a
the Commissioner OF Indian All tTs noses
on the par- Ct the Indians towards civlliza-
ton
THE Commissioner Of Customs in his an
nuaI repor-. sui united 10 the Secretary OF
tie Treasury on tie 30, shows that during
tie last seal year accounts were examined
in his office involving S21s .6l9 39l in re-
oeip.s AMI SOB 796 762 n q sbusements
President CLEVELAND has appointed I'd
ward c WeIep, OF Kansas 10 be United
States Consul at SonneJerg, Germany.
A BOX con aiming a continuance rcsem-
bling an Internal machine wds received
through tie post-ofice by Ch,ef-J ustce
Waite at lis home II Washington on the 81,
Lu- the breaking Of a wire by The post-0ffice
Clerk n Stamping he box nGered tie ap-
y rutus harmless The Circumstance natu-
reIIy connects self with che Justices de-
livery Of the opinion OF tbs supreme Court
in the case OF the Anarchists and rae gen
eraI opinion was Ia It friends OF The con-
demned men intended 70 take the life of the
Chief Justice
TEE sending of the bomb TO Oh eff Justice
Wdte's rosideuc in Washington Was on the
18th announced . he a cruel hoav, and WIS
the work OF Shalburne q. Hops MS. Sno
m .kes a precaT Gus living ly &c ing sensa-
tOual news to newspaper correspondents,
and Arthur D SpeITv, . reporter. Both men
b cen arrested
DUsISG the seven days ended on the
An tore were 205 busin 81 failures in
the I'm ted stat S Z .ms5 1856 the previous
seven DAYS
THERE " As during the month of October
an aggregate OF 30 accidents and disasters
on ali the lakes. III more than in Septem-
Der this year. anu 10 more than in October
OF las ar. Total loss for the month 81,
O66. 2uJ. an increase over Septemb r of
$50. 800 The total loss of ife was l23
TIE a EST mai advlces rom China report
that "a typaoJn on september Il caused
great loss of lie on the is and OF Hoi Ling.
Two hun .re,i people were thought TO have
been drowned
HE exch ngcs a. Vwenty-s'x leading clear
lighthouses ia tha niJed Sta Is during the
week ended on II 9TH aggTeg ted > ,0f3,-
35I. 775. against Sag2. 277, $50, the previ-
Gus week As CO lp3red with I he CORE -pond-
.ng week Of 1856, the increase amounts TO
l. , per cent
For the lass fiscal year the total receipts
OF the Post-Ghlca Department were S4S,-
So sos. and the expend lures So S9l,-
677, leaving a sficlency of ~, 5J4, Cos